Victoria Events

Annual Events

Address: Blanshard St and Finlayson St, Topaz Park, Victoria, BC V9A Category: Fair / Festival - Cultural Dates: May 16 - May 17, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

A celebration of all things Scottish! Check out the piping and drumming competitions or highland dancing. Admire the muscle and skill required for the heavy events: the caber toss, sheaf toss, stone throw and keg toss. Search for your family ancestry or learn about the various clans and their histories. Buy some...

Address: 950 Wharf St, Inner Harbour, Victoria, BC Category: Holiday / Seasonal Event - Summer Dates: August 2, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

This popular music and fireworks event attracts some 40,000 folks to the Inner Harbour area for one fun night in August. From a barge moored in the harbour, the symphony performs a lively concert of classical favorites culminating in the 1812 Overture, complete with cannons and fireworks. The festivities are going on...

Address: 1014 Caledonia Ave, Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, BC V8T IE8 Category: Food / Drink Event - Tasting (food or drink) Dates: September 11 - September 12, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Every September, Victoria's chapter of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) puts on the largest micro-brewery festival in Canada. More than 40 breweries from across Canada and the Pacific Northwest attend, including Canoe Brewpub, Hugo's Brewhouse, Lighthouse Brewing, Spinnakers, Buckerfield's, Vancouver Island Brewery,...

Address: Films shown at the Capital 6 Theatre • 1215 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC V8W 3J4 Category: Fair / Festival - Film / Video Dates: January 29 - February 7, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Tired of the usual multi-million dollar Hollywood dreck? Then the Victoria Film Festival is your opportunity to take in some of the best small-budget shorts and features from around the globe. It's a ten-day festival featuring over 160 films – see a couple or see a bunch. People have been known to skip work just to...